Area vs Dwelling - What's the difference?
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(mathematics) A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.
A particular geographic region.
Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.
Figuratively, any extent, scope or range of an object or concept.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= (British) An open space, below ground level, between the front of a house and the pavement.
(soccer) Penalty box; penalty area.
* {{quote-news, year=2010, date=December 29, author=Mark Vesty, work=BBC
, title= (slang) Genitals.
A habitation; a place or house in which a person lives; abode; domicile.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=Foreword
Area is a related term of dwelling.
As nouns the difference between area and dwelling
is that area is area while dwelling is a habitation; a place or house in which a person lives; abode; domicile.As a verb dwelling is
.area
English
Noun
(wikipedia area)Rob Dorit
Making Life from Scratch, passage=Today, a new area of research that similarly aims to mimic a complex biological phenomenon—life itself—is taking off. Synthetic biology, a seductive experimental subfield in the life sciences, seems tantalizingly to promise custom-designed life created in the laboratory.}}
- (Charles Dickens)
Wigan 2-2 Arsenal, passage=Bendtner's goal-bound shot was well saved by goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi but fell to Arsahvin on the edge of the area and the Russian swivelled, shaped his body and angled a sumptuous volley into the corner.}}
Derived terms
* * area code * area-denial * area of influence * area rug * area rule * Broca's area * combined statistical area * common area * danger area * disaster area * equal-area * free trade area * geographical area * goal area * gray area * grey area * lateral area * metropolitan area * metropolitan area network * notification area * outside gross area * penalty area * Planck area * prohibited area * protected area * rest area * restricted area * Ruhr Area * Schengen Area * safe area * second moment of area * service area * specific leaf area * staging area * surface area * terminal control area * Terminal High Altitude Area Defense * ventral tegmental area * Wernicke's areaSee also
* Imperial: square inches, square feet, square yards, square miles, acres * Metric: square meters/square metres, square centimeters/square centimetres, square kilometers/square kilometres, hectaresAnagrams
* 1000 English basic words ----dwelling
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) dwelling, . More at dwell.Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings . The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.}}
- The old house served as a dwelling for Albert.
- Philip's dwelling fronted on the street. -
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* dwellinghouse * dwelling place * lake dwelling: prehistoric structureReferences
*Etymology 2
From .Verb
(head)- I was dwelling in the cave.